With the president becoming “unhinged” as everyone’s favorite (the next link is to the International Business Times, which has numerous ads pop up) Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi says he is, there seems to be some fear about Trump apparently going psychotic and launching some nuclear weapons!
However, from what The Hawk Bawk sees, there hasn’t been many people asking “Why or at who would Trump want to send nuclear weapons in the next couple weeks?”
If America’s enemies weren’t thinking about attacking America, the fear-mongering Chicken Hawks probably just gave them a good time to do so.
Everyone Still Trusts the Media
The article linked above about Pelosi doesn’t mention anything about why Trump is unhinged. I had to do a separate google search to find out the reason for the “unhinged” claim – the phone call to Georgia leaked over the weekend.
Sure, he has his phone call, which I haven’t fully heard yet. I highly doubt the extreme majority of people have listened to the full call, but somehow they know everything about the call because some person said something about it or played a 30 second clip.
This type of reporting by the media and trust from the public should’ve been squashed by many screw ups like the Nathan Phillips situation (you really should just watch the full video below), but here we are today.
The wonderful clickbait exists for a reason – it generates money for the media! Usually, these sites will provide some historical context. This is great for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and keeping the reader on the site longer (which Google loves). As with this, I should’ve known what the “unhinged” part is from, but I’ve been a bit busy getting this new year started.
You know The Hawk Bawk isn’t Trump’s biggest fan by any means, but he hasn’t been the warmongering president many thought he would be. To be sure, there have been some incidences where everyone was on the edge of his/her seat, but luck shined for everyone. However, where all of this “unhinged” talk comes from seems to be just to get people riled up or for Pelosi to get some spotlight.
America and Nuclear Weapons
America is the only country to have used nukes in combat, albeit on a civilian population because those people obviously deserved it. Somehow, though, Chicken Hawks are perfectly fine with innocent civilians getting killed during a war. Maybe it’s because to Chicken Hawks, they aren’t people – they’re “collateral damage.”
One factor for the nuclear arsenal the Chicken Hawks seem to not care about is the cost of research, creation, maintaining, and storing these weapons. The Congressional Budget Office shows us Congress doesn’t even know what to expect. In 2017, the 10 year projection of nuclear nuclear weapons was $400,000,000,000. In 2019, the 10 year projection to keep the nuclear force was $494,000,000,000.
That’s almost $50,000,000,000 a year to keep weapons of mass destruction ready. Unfortunately, since Chicken Hawks can’t actually fight themselves, that’s $50,000,000,000 less to fight starvation and homelessness, to research cures for diseases, etc. Heck, they’d rather have that money for nukes than to go out and party at a local dive bar!
In case you’re curious, I’ve done the math for you. If you had $50,000,000,000 in your pocket and you ran up a $500 tab every night at your local dive bar, that’s 100,000,000 nights you could party!
Should One Person Have the Nuclear Launch Codes for the Nuclear Weapons?
According to Dick Cheney, it’s necessary in today’s world for the president to be the only emergency authorizer.
The Atomic Heritage Foundation has a history of the “Football”, the suitcase that carries everything the president needs to launch an emergency nuclear attack. In short, yes, the president can have the “Nuclear Triad” launch nukes that hit the target in under 60 minutes. The Senate Foreign Relations committee introduced a bill in 2017 to get congressional approval for an emergency nuclear strike against North Korea, but at the time of this posting, it’s still in the introductory phase.
But, should one person have the ability to launch a nuclear attack in under an hour? The Atomic Heritage Foundation says at least at one point, three people had to give the authorization code before any nukes went out.
It is true that after the president authorizes a nuclear strike that any individual in the process could decide to not carry out the order. The Air Force even has “no-lone” zones where a single person can’t enter a certain facility, like where nukes may be handled.
It is very possible that in Chicken Hawk’s mind, if by chance America was attacked, it was done out of malice and America was literally doing nothing to provoke it. Therefore, the vast majority of Chicken Hawks would support the president sending a second strike within the hour. There would be not much discussion, thought about why the first strike happened, or much interest in the millions of innocent lives affected by the second strike.
So, should one person be in charge of sending off nuclear weapons? The Hawk Bawk doesn’t think so. Well, maybe against aliens that are attacking relentlessly.
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